Surface area of sperm cell membrane

Range ~250 µm^2
Organism Mouse Mus musculus
Reference Kirichok Y, Navarro B, Clapham DE. Whole-cell patch-clamp measurements of spermatozoa reveal an alkaline-activated Ca2+ channel. Nature. 2006 Feb 9 439(7077):737-40. p.738 left column top paragraphPubMed ID16467839
Comments "Mean capacitance of the whole sperm cell membrane was 2.5±0.2pF (consistent with ~250µm^2 of sperm membrane: n=346)."
Entered by Uri M
ID 110721